Effect of pretreatment on membrane fouling and VMD performance in the treatment of RO-concentrated wastewater

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 37-39, 2013, Pages 6994-7003

  Zhiqing, Yang ^a   Xiaolong, Lu ^a   Chunrui, Wu ^a   Xuan, Wang ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Membrane fouling; Pretreatment; RO concentrated wastewater; Vacuum membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; DISTILLATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLYMER; STEEL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84889687379     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.772541     Document Type: Article

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